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- Nepal's constitution year
- Nepal's current constitution was promulgated on 20 September 2015, replacing the interim constitution of 2007 and creating a federal democratic republic.
- Seven provinces of Nepal
- Nepal is divided into seven provinces (Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, Sudurpashchim) and 753 local units.
- Nepal UN membership
- Nepal joined the United Nations in 1955 and has since been a major contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping operations worldwide.
- SAARC founding
- SAARC was founded in Dhaka in 1985 by seven South Asian states; Afghanistan joined in 2007, making eight members.
- Everest height
- Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) stands at 8,848.86 metres, the joint China-Nepal figure announced in December 2020.
- Nepal Rastra Bank
- Nepal Rastra Bank is the central bank of Nepal, established in 1956, and issues the Nepalese rupee.
- Nepal's neighbours
- Nepal is landlocked, bordered by China to the north and India to the south, east and west.
- Republic Day Nepal
- Republic Day in Nepal is observed on 29 May, marking the abolition of the monarchy and declaration of the republic in 2008.
- Subject-verb agreement
- A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject a plural verb; collective nouns like army take a singular verb when acting as one unit.
- Article usage rules
- Use 'a' before consonant sounds and 'an' before vowel sounds; use 'the' for specific, previously mentioned or unique referents.
- Present perfect tense
- The present perfect (has/have + past participle) expresses a past action with present relevance, without a finished past time marker.
- Passive voice formation
- Passive voice uses be + past participle; the original object becomes the subject and the agent is introduced by 'by'.
- Prepositions of time
- Use 'in' for months and years, 'on' for days and dates, and 'at' for clock times and specific points.
- Conditional sentence types
- First conditional uses if + present, will + base; second uses if + past, would + base; third uses if + had + participle, would have + participle.
- Affect versus effect
- 'Affect' is usually a verb meaning to influence; 'effect' is usually a noun meaning a result or outcome.
- Reported speech shift
- In reported speech, shift tense back one step and adjust pronouns and time words, e.g. today becomes that day.
- Its versus it's
- 'Its' is the possessive form of it; 'it's' is the contraction of 'it is' or 'it has'.
- Average formula
- Average equals the sum of all terms divided by the number of terms; for consecutive integers it equals the middle term.
- Percentage change formula
- Percentage change equals (new value minus old value) divided by old value, multiplied by 100.
- Successive percentage change
- Two successive changes of a percent and b percent produce a net change of a + b + ab/100 percent.
- Simple interest formula
- Simple interest equals principal times rate times time divided by 100; compound amount is P(1 + R/100)^T.
- Average speed equal distances
- For equal distances travelled at speeds x and y, average speed equals 2xy divided by (x + y).
- Combined work formula
- If A completes work in x days and B in y days, working together they finish in xy divided by (x + y) days.
- Dividing in a ratio
- To divide quantity Q in ratio m : n, the parts are Qm/(m+n) and Qn/(m+n).
- Alphabet position coding
- Letters map to positions A=1 to Z=26; common coding shifts are +1, −1, +2 and reversal where A pairs with Z.
- Direction sense reasoning
- Track net displacement along north-south and east-west axes, then apply Pythagoras to find straight-line distance.
- Nepal Army origin
- The Nepal Army traces its origin to 1744 (1801 BS), when King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha raised his forces.
- Supreme Commander Nepal Army
- The President of Nepal is the Supreme Commander of the Nepal Army, while the Ministry of Defence provides political direction.
- Chief of Army Staff
- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) heads the Nepal Army, holds the rank of General and is based at Bhadrakali, Kathmandu.
- Officer cadet training academy
- Nepal Army officer cadets are trained at the Nepalese Military Academy at Kharipati, Bhaktapur.
- Nepal Army ranks
- Ranks ascend from Second Lieutenant through Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General and Lieutenant General to General.